Women's Work - The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers has its PBS Premier on September 26 on KSPS serving the Spokane, WA area! And heads up Western Washington - it will be out on KBTC (Broadcast Channel 28) in November  How long has America been following diets to improve our health and gain ever more vitality and possibly super-human powers?  Almost since the beginning of the country. While we seem to always beleive that the past was somehow a food golden age, the goals and targets of diets have changed over the years. So check out the reasons why we seem to fall for the wildest diets, and seemingly why we got started. And don't forget about my contribution to HotDish discovery  on TodayFood.com Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood & some other socials... @THoAFood